Although there's an appearance of things being kept 'in aspic' it's soon belied by the real activities behind the scenes - like the updating of the castle's central heating system, or the numerous changes to the location of the shop and its layout. In both cases keeping the authentic past makes it difficult to 'do' the present - ie, to sell perfumed soap and books in an old cow barn. The solution might be to cover in the beams (over which many people exclaim) thereby forcing the building to conform to a new present rather than hang on to its old past.
This week I've been impressed by the lack of control we have over the place, by the sheer indifference of the buildings to all this activity. Lime wash falls from the ceiling, walls fade, dust hangs, animals roam - no control - the place breathes
and exhales its own life, indifferent to cleaning, product placement; 'image'.
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